Elevated view looking southwest from the top of post office building. The roof top of Marsh & Loomis Livery building extends the full length of the image in the foreground. Also visible is the intersection of N.P. Avenue and 8th Street, the...

View looking southeast from the intersection of 13th Street (University Drive) and the N.P. Railroad tracks taken during flood of 1897. Water is visible surrounding houses in the 1100 and 1200 blocks of 1st Avenue S. 13 Street S. (University Drive...

View showing old waterworks building along 4th Street S. during flood. Water is up to the roof with brick chimney extending above building. Two people are visible in a boat in the background as is Island Park. Debris is floating in the water around...

Looking west on First Avenue South in Fargo with street covered with flood water. Two men in boat pushing it with the paddles and people standing nearby on boardwalk. First Methodist Church in distance.

View looking south on 8th street S. near the intersection with 2nd Avenue. The street is filled with flood water, with blocks of wood floating on the top. The addresses visible on the right side are 121 and 201, and on the left is visible 202 8th...

View likely looking southwest from the Front Street (Main Avenue) bridge in Fargo, N.D. showing flooded houses. Far in the background is visible the old waterworks building in Island Park and Jones Hall at Fargo College. Some houses appear to be...

View looking across flood waters at the inundated house of John Shanley, Catholic Bishop of the Fargo Diocese. The home is an Italianate style wood frame building with a Mansard roof, and a three and a half story tower rising from the center of the...

View looking at the Northern Pacific Railroad bridge over the Red River of the North, between Fargo, N.D and Moorhead, Minn. during flood of 1897. A caboose and other railroad cars are visible on the bridge. View taken from Main Avenue bridge...

The Seth Newman home at 221 13th Street S. (University Drive South), Fargo, N.D. during the flood of 1897. Four woman are visible on the open front porch. A wrought iron fence and wooden sidewalk visible in the foreground. The house appears to be...

View looking across flooded intersection of 8th Street S. and 2nd Avenue S. with the house at 202 8th Street S. visible in the background. William H. Best is wading across the water in the middle of the intersection using a camera tri-pod to feel...

View looking at the Northern Pacific Railroad bridge over the Red River of the North, between Fargo, N.D and Moorhead, Minn. during flood of 1897. A train is visible crossing the bridge, with steam coming out of the locomotive.

View looking at the Northern Pacific Railroad bridge over the Red River of the North, between Fargo, N.D and Moorhead, Minn. during flood of 1897. Three railroad locomotives are visible parked on the bridge to weigh it down.

Houses and other buildings partially under water, likely taken near the Red River north of Northern Pacific Railroad tracks. Exact location cannot be determined but large building in far distance at right may be that of the old brewery.

Elevated view looking southwest from top of Baldwin Flour Mill, near the 300 block of Main Avenue in Moorhead, Minn. showing flooded Woodlawn Park area. Several houses in view under water. Mill smokestack and stacks of wood visible in the...